Jessica Hecht — Tony Award nominee for her performance in the Broadway revival of A View from the Bridge — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.

Jessica Hecht
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Full given name:

Jessica Anne Hecht

Hometown:

Bloomfield, CT

Audition monologue:

An unpublished fantastic monologue by Bob Auletta, "Rain."

Special skills:

A little synchronized swimming.

How you got the nomination news:

Dana Segal called me as I was walking to the Eldridge St. Synagogue with my daughter Stella's 5th grade class